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Back for some more small flower ID's, please.

soulboysoulboy Posts: 429
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Hi, with emergence of some late-flowering summer plants I'm back for some more help with ID's. The first one has been growing for some time in my 'wildflower' border and has just produced it's flower. The bud was a long time on the plant before flowering. I suspect that this is a non-native plant as there were several such varieties in the box of seed I used.

It's a smallish plant, about 25-30cm tall

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/funkydance/My%20Garden%202014/2014-09-08101308.jpg

 

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/funkydance/My%20Garden%202014/2014-09-08101334.jpg

The next plant has a lovely purple flower with the flowers branching alternately at the top of the plant. The leaves as you can see are multi-lobed and lacy. Again about 25-30cm tall.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/funkydance/My%20Garden%202014/2014-09-09120331.jpg

 

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/funkydance/My%20Garden%202014/2014-09-09120344.jpg

 

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/funkydance/My%20Garden%202014/2014-09-08100330.jpg

 

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/funkydance/My%20Garden%202014/unknownsmallpurpleflower.jpg

 

Posts

  • JackieWJackieW Posts: 15

    I do not know the first plant but I would say the purple/blue one is a Delphinium, lovely plants which slugs and snails just love.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,134

    Not delphinium but the annual type called larkspur image


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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    The first looks a bit Aster-like, could be a callistephus (chinese aster), the second, as JackieW says looks like a delphinium 

     

     


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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Larkspur is a delphinium (or was before it was reclassified)

    I think that's larkspur



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  • soulboysoulboy Posts: 429

    Duh! Until people mentioned delphinium/larkspur I hadn't even noticed the spur on the flower in my haste to get it ID'd. I had another plant ID'd as one when the Gardener's World team ran an ID session a few weeks ago, which I think was field larkspur (Consolida regalis). However, this larkspur is quite different to the first, particularly the fact that this one has dill-like lacy, lobed leaves, the petal shape and form shape, and the colour of the stamens.

    I've just spent a fruitless hour trying to identify the variety. But it's very pretty!

    Thank you, Pete8, that ID for the Callistephus chinensis is spot on. I found a picture of it on Google Images in the first few flowers.

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